The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable earth. These resources are held in common, not owned privately. Commons can also be understood as natural resources that groups of people manage for individual and collective benefit. Characteristically, this involves a variety of informal norms and values employed for a governance mechanism.
Commons can be also defined as a social practice of governing a resource not by state or market but by a community of users that self-governs the resource through institutions that it creates.
Boris Johnson's Brexit deal has cleared its first Commons hurdle with a thumping majority of 124, putting the UK on course to leave the EU on 31 January. Independent - Published
Boris Johnson cannot "bludgeon" Scotland into seeing the world in the same way that he does, Nicola Sturgeon has said. She spoke with the Prime Minister in a phone call on Friday following the election..
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the Uxbridge count to a chorus of cheers. He is on course to secure a Tory majority in the Commons, according to the exit poll for the General Election.
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Conservatives now only six points ahead of Labour, exclusive survey for The Independent finds - the minimum needed to deliver Commons majority Independent - Published
Boris Johnson has suffered a spectacular blow to his Brexit plans after MPs voted down a bid to ram his deal through the Commons before Halloween. Independent - Published
Boris Johnson has threatened to pull his Brexit deal and force a general election if MPs delay the departure date for leaving the EU until January. Independent - Published
Attorney General Geoffrey Cox has been ordered to apologise to the Commons for giving "wrong information" about the rent he receives from his London home. Independent - Published
Theresa May thought to be planning valedictory appearance at prime minister's questions in late July – delaying her replacement's arrival Independent - Published
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